Moser 8 3/4 Housing... anyone use one ?

mbaird said
The way I understand it the ring and pinion fail partly due to housing flex and partly due to ring gear trying to pull away from housing because of cast iron cap... A nodular case and Mark Williams caps with the spool case for racing should fix that.
And I have heard of guys twisting the stock housings if they dont use a backbrace. And if I use a backbrace I might as well go D60.
The expense is not the issue (within reason)
The point of the thread was to see if anyone had real world experience with this housing.

Just like the picture jPar posted...the caps usually fail first. The exception to this is when you get lower than a 5.13 gear. IIRC (and I don't want to look it up but I'm pretty sure I'm correct) when you go to a 5.38 or lower, you lose another tooth on the pinion gear and then it fails. That said, at today's power levels you may have an issue at lower than 4.88 because I think it has one less tooth on the pinion than a 4.56, again, going from memory.

That's really the two issues you get with the 8.75 axle. Cap failure and not enough teeth on the R&P.
And, the fact you can't get a Pro gear for it anymore.

For what you want, the Moser housing is plenty good. Just build the very best 3rd member you can.

EDIT: as for twisting the housing...I've seen it but they were pretty heavy stick cars. They had ladder bars, which made the issue worse. And 14 inch slicks. We are talking about a B body with a BB running in B or C/Gas back inn the day. Also seen the same guy twist a D60 housing too. He was beating the **** out of it with the clutch.